The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to. Your pretender controls one of over sixty different nations and with the help of that nation he will spread his word and battle the other pretenders. Dominions 3 is a turn based strategy game. You can play single- or multiplayer (1 - 23 players) with simultaneous turns. There are more than 1500 different units, 600 spells and 300 magic items in the game. The game also features a medieval musical score by Erik Ask Uppmark and Anna Rynefors, both awarded the title of Musicians of the Realm by the Swedish Zornmärkeskommiten. Dominions 3 is a highly detailed game and a 300 page pdf manual is included in the download.
Dominions 3 is one of the best strategy games around. With 100's of units, spells, and items, there are multiple paths for any of the many different factions to victory. And if by some chance you have mastered the nations and strategies presented by the base game, there is a whole world of Dom3 mods out there- new nations, re-balances, fantastic new maps. All around, this game is a deep, engaging, and fantastic turn based game.
Of course, with this amount of depth, the learning curve is pretty steep. The multitude of options also means the computer controlled opponents simply can't hold a candle to a properly trained human player- so after a certain mastery of the core game, multi-player action is the only way for a player to truly be challenged. Thankfully, there are several active communities for multi-player Dominions, and playing such a complex game with skilled human players is an absolute blast.